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Chariot Posted 20 years ago
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maybe

Does "maybe" always come before a sentence? I maybe go to a movie on the weekend. In this sentence, "maybe" comes before the main verb, is it correct?
  

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" ( Maybe I'll go see a movie this weekend. ) For "on the weekend", I like to use this in the plural form. ( On weekends, I like to go see movies.

  • " ( Maybe I'll go see a movie this weekend.
  • ) For "on the weekend", I like to use this in the plural form.
  • ( On weekends, I like to go see movies.
  • )
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"I maybe go to a movie on the weekend." ( Maybe I'll go see a movie this weekend. )

For "on the weekend", I like to use this in the plural form. ( On weekends, I like to go see movies. )
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I meant to say "I maybe go to a movie the coming weekend."

From your comment, "on the weekend" seems not able to stand for the coming weekend.

Please tell me more about "on the seekend, on weekends, this weekend, last weekend." thanks.

Can "maybe come before the main verb instead of before the sentence?
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For me:

Maybe I'll go...

or:

I may go...
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"From your comment, "on the weekend" seems not able to stand for the coming weekend."

Which is why I gave an example for each:

Example 1 - THIS WEEKEND / Singular (past would be "last", still only one)

"I maybe go to a movie on the weekend." ( Maybe I'll go see a movie this weekend. )

Example 2 - ON WEEKENDS (instead of on the weekend) / Plural

For "o
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Does "maybe" always come before a sentence? I maybe go to a movie on the weekend.
Yes. maybe comes first. And you need I'll go or I will go, not just I go, because it's a future action.

Maybe I'll go to a movie on the weekend.


(This means the same as Maybe I'll go to a movie this coming weekend or ...
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Yes. maybe comes first. And you need I'll go or I will go, not just I go, because it's a future action and it is not planed already because you say maybe.
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planned Emotion: smile

Actually, now that I think about it, just I go is possible in an unusual context. It's p
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ChariotDoes "maybe" always come before a sentence? I maybe go to a movie on the weekend. In this sentence, "maybe" comes before the main verb, is it correct?
You have four options:
Maybe I'll go to a movie on the weekend.
Perhaps I'll go to a movie on the weekend.
I'll

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